Onion: Mets Release Mets

[bmfc1]

Here's one way to make changes:

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/mets-release-mets,19833/

[MFS62]

This was actually done. When Bill Veeck took over the St. Louis Browns, he put the entire team on waivers.
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[ashie62]

Remember when Charlie Finley tried to sell his Oakland A's players piecemeal? Vida Blue would have looked good at Shea with Seaver and Kooz.

[Theoldmole]

Putting the whole team on waivers is not that uncommon. Sometimes a GM will do it to disguise his intentions about the player he really wants to waive.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reader Releases Onion.

[RealityChuck]

Reminds me of the old George Carlin joke from the 60s: "The San Francisco Giants traded Willie Mays to the New York Mets . . . in exchange for the entire Mets team."